Conservation

EDGE Achievements

Since EDGE was established in 2007, our passion for nature, optimism and determination to help solve the species extinction crisis, have helped us meet a huge number of conservation milestones. In the last five years we have kick-started the careers of 28 conservationists from developing countries, re-discovered three animals thought to be extinct, discovered one entirely new species, developed four conservation strategies, and expanded the programme so that we now work in over 20 countries worldwide.

Take a moment to browse through our conservation timeline below and learn more about our history.

New fellows from around the world joined the EDGE team in Chitwan National Park. Over four weeks, they were trained in conservation biology, ecological monitoring, social surveying and action planning.

After the success of the the slender loris campaign, ZSL EDGE scientist Craig Turner travelled out to help the local communities begin replanting native species of vegetation, reconnecting existing forest patches and promoting environmental awareness.

Eight early-career conservationists spent three weeks learning vital skills in research, monitoring and management of coral reefs, which are essential to preserving the biodiversity of the world's oceans.

Her Excellency Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was reportedly excited by the wild pygmy hippo photos taken in 2008, so she paid a visit to Sapo National Park and met rangers like our Fellow John Konie, calling on the people of Liberia to protect their animals and forests.

A great educational resource for the EDGE Programme and some of the key species that we are trying to save from extinction. The exciting stories are accompanied by amazing photography, so whether you are seven or seventy you can join the scientists on their adventures around the world

After a huge public response to an online campaign sparked by an EDGE blog, the Malaysian company Vitroplant abandoned its plans to convert the island to oil palm plantations, successfully saving the habitat of local populations of the woodlark cuscus.

EDGE is the first global-scale programme specifically developed to conserve the world’s most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered (EDGE) animals, which have few close relatives and are uniquely irreplaceable in the web of life.

The first mammals list is released and our first EDGE Fellow, Uuganbadrakh Oyunkhishig from Mongolia, is appointed to study the jerboa (left).